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TRANSIT SHEDS FROM THE NORTH goods, iron and steel products and miscellaneous commodities, came from the Atlantic seaboard on vessels of the Moore and McCormack lines. A total number of 125 vessels sailed from the port during this pe- riod. Of these, 75 were from Ingie- side. Of the remaining 50, 37 were American ships exclusive of 6 Moore and McCormack freighters, 3 Swedish, 2 German, 2 Dutch, 1 Danish, 1 Brit- ish, 1 Italian, 1 Norwegian and 1 Spanish. Their respective tions pretty well covered every sec- tion of the globe. It is a rich territory which this new port serves, reaching east and north of Corpus Christi to Cuero and beyond Victoria, north of San An- tonio, west for 100 miles beyond Del Rio and south to include the fertile valley of the Rio Grande from Brownsville to a great distance be- yond El Paso. The opening of the port of Corpus Christi brought wa- ter transportation from 100 to 209 miles nearer this area than by way of the older Texas port. Established Only recently a regular steamship service has been inaugurated between Corpus Christi and the Atlantic sea- board through the efforts of Robert Driscoll and Roy Miller. By the maintenance and development of such services the area served by the port Regular Service Is destina-— SIDE OF THE TURNING BASIN AT NEW will save millions of dollars annually in transportation costs. This regu- lar coastwise service to Atlantic ports is operated by Moore and McCormack Inc. and was inaugurated on July 15 with the arrival of the COMMERCIAL PATHFINDER, from Philadelphia, bring- ing a varied cargo of merchandise to importers, wholesalers and jobbers in Corpus Christi and surrounding territory. ice has been operating on a_ semi- monthly schedule offering an important saving in transportation costs to im- porters in the south and southwest sections of Texas. Cotton Chief Export Commodity Shortly after the this service the operator arrangements with the Warrior Barge line for ‘shipping freight from St. Louis, East St. Louis, Granite City, Memphis and other points along the river, to the Port of Corpus Christi. By this ar- rangement freight for South Texas importers: originating at these points may be delivered to ship’s side in New Orleans via the Mississippi- Warrior Barge line. The coastwise vessels between Atlantic ports and Corpus Christi calling at New Or- inauguration of completed leans as a regular port of call, take such freight from the Barge line by from barge to ves- Corpus direct transfer sel for transportation to Since that time this serv-. Mississippi- | TEXAS PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, Christi and neighboring country. In addition to growing imports of manufactured materials and the ex- port of other commodities it is ex- pected that cotton will develop into the most important of all products to be handled at the port of Corpus Christi. The Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Marketing association an- nounced that it would concentrate at least 50,000 bales of cotton at the port for export to foreign markets. the cotton coming from 38 _ south Texas counties. Shortly after this the same association, representing the All-Russian Textile Syndicate Inc., following an inspection of ship- ping facilities, announced that it would export at least 50,000 additional bales of cotton from the new port. Shortly after this the S.S. LEERSUM loaded 14,000 bales of cotton for Murmansk, Russia. New Industries Most of the cotton shipped from Corpus Christi has been on vessels of the United States shipping board. General Dalton, manager of the Mer- chant Fleet Corp. in making a tour of inspection of the port a short while before the completion of its first year of existence predicted a great future growth and _ prosperity and that its harbor would become one of the most important in the entire South. He assured the port com- CORPUS CHRISTI. AT LEFT—SHIPS TIED UP AT APRON WHARVES. AT RIGHT—UNLOADING STEEL INTO CARS ON OPEN WHARF 68 MARINE REVIEW—November, 1927